Validation of the voice handicap index by assessing equivalence of European translations

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 173-178

  Verdonck De Leeuw, I M ^a   Kuik, D J ^a   De Bodt, M ^b   Guimaraes, I ^c   Holmberg, E B ^d   Nawka, T ^e   Rosen, C A ^f   Schindler, A ^g   Whurr, R ^h   Woisard, V ⁱ  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Escuela Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão   (Portugal)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

International; Measurement equivalence, European translations; Voice Handicap Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENCE OF TRANSLATION; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PARAMETER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOICE; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ARTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 49749127305     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127836     Document Type: Article

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